Arts Academy Revitalization Action Team

Arts Academy Meeting Notes, January 9th, 2008

January 9, 2008 at 3:26 pm | In Minutes |

Summary:
We started a “to do” list for PATHSFest. Next week we will put those items on a timeline.

We came up with a vision statement, (now up on our “About” page). Next week we will edit our graduating student requirements list.

Homework for next time: look through “what does a graduating student look like?” and pull out/edit.

Agenda for 1/16/08:

1. Put TODO list into PATHSFest timeline (15 minutes)
2. Visioning (45 minutes)

Present:

• Vicky Stubbs
• Diane Manzi
• Val Green
• Phil Divinsky
• Tom Lafavore
• Dave Nichols
• Dave Beane
• Jane Krasnow

Agenda:

1. 1:15-1:45 PATHSFest
2. 1:45-2:05 Visioning
3. 2:05-2:10 Agenda/Parking Lot

ReachOut Grant:
may apply to PATHSFest since we’re talking about reaching out to the community. We could get $300 if we can figure out what we need money for.

- advertising (posters (supplies), flyers, leaflets)
- door prizes
- T shirts
- tent/stage rental? Be all together or not? Tent/stage is expensive, about $2500-$3000
- neat stuff happening in different parts of the building
- hallways sort of dead
- anyone know anyone in the military? Cheap way to rent a tent. What about the guy who was interested in getting the Army band? Vicky will ask.
- 1st floor hallway (like College Fair)? We would need the OK from the admin.
- food (maybe make it in advance and then have it for sale).

Grant criteria:
- community involvement
- how will we assess the student learning during setting up and running PATHSFest?
- students will be asked to demonstrate their knowledge in each program. Assessed naturally by their teachers and peers (including community audience).
- exit survey–filling it out, put into bin, choose a winner
- has this project been done before? This year we’ll be inviting the community in a more directed way. Invite specific community groups. More community outreach, more student involvement.
- does the project involve donated services? Yes.
- could this project be replicated? Yes. Other schools (or next year in this school)

free sources: e-mail, Web site

AARAT is going to have a theme. “How we affect our community?” How do I affect my world? Like a theme of “Community”, and each class can do something around that.

We’d like middle schools to come, but we need to make sure that the middle school teachers supervise their students.

Tasks:
- set up tent
- get tent
- organize advertising (printed, radio, digital, 30-second commercial for channel 3, Web page)
- get advertising rates
- PATHS participants (which programs)
- invitation list
- design program for the day with map on back
- guest presenters
- cleanup committee
- setup committee
- student steering committee
- PATHSFest account for $
- designate bookkeeper from AARAT
- electricity needs (1st floor, tent…)

We don’t have a date yet, but let’s say May 22nd (Thursday). That’s the same day as the GAC meeting. Next week we’ll plug these items into a timeline.

Visioning:

What is the “hook” that we can have in our vision statement, that will make someone want to read more about “what does a graduating student look like?”

We looked at the Mission Statement and thought about the key points in that as a jumping-off point for creating a Vision Statement.

The “what” of the vision statement: As part of the PATHS community, the Arts Academy will provide a collaborative environment and structure of high standards for academic study through the arts. It is now on the “About” page of the blog with the Mission statement

To fulfill the vision, students will: and then we’ll list what a graduating student looks like.

Homework for next time: look through “what does a graduating student look like?” and pull out/edit.

Agenda for 1/16/08:

1. Put TODO list into PATHSFest timeline (15 minutes)
2. Visioning (45 minutes)